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PdaNet 1.51 is AWESOME!!!

Sparky9292 said:
You don't need PdaNet to get Wifi at starbucks. All of them have AT&T free WiFi now....
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Okay.. You're not understanding what I am getting at...

Yes they all have free AT&T wifi now - FOR THE IPHONE. Can you get on the free AT&T wifi using your laptop? Probably not.

Now you can if you decide to tether to the iphone which is connected to the free AT&T wifi.

DT
 
doubletap said:
Okay.. You're not understanding what I am getting at...

Yes they all have free AT&T wifi now - FOR THE IPHONE. Can you get on the free AT&T wifi using your laptop? Probably not.

Now you can if you decide to tether to the iphone which is connected to the free AT&T wifi.

DT
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Oh ok, yeah. But I'm not sure what USB Tethering means as opposed to non usb tethering
 
Sparky9292 said:
Oh ok, yeah. But I'm not sure what USB Tethering means as opposed to non usb tethering
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By USB tethering the data is passed to the computer over the USB cable. By ad hoc tether the data is passed to the computer over a user created wireless network. The first is really ideal for reliability and reduces the load on the battery but unfortunately this is not available as of yet for OSX.
 
PDAnet is now even greater!

I have found PDAnet to be a fantastic app. I used it fairly extensively as a wireless router and my only real complaint was around battery drain. Now with the USB tethering option, this is no longer a problem. I used it with USB last night and found it to work flawlessly.

This offers great flexibility: for quick connects you can use wireless and for longer session use USB.

Also, it's kind of neat that you can do USB->Wireless as well as USB->3G. I'll have to try it the next time at Starbucks! 🙂
 
jdmass said:
I have found PDAnet to be a fantastic app. I used it fairly extensively as a wireless router and my only real complaint was around battery drain. Now with the USB tethering option, this is no longer a problem. I used it with USB last night and found it to work flawlessly.

This offers great flexibility: for quick connects you can use wireless and for longer session use USB.

Also, it's kind of neat that you can do USB->Wireless as well as USB->3G. I'll have to try it the next time at Starbucks! 🙂
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Please do and report your findings!

DT
 
PdaNet via USB Mode (Windows) is the best solution so far. I fired up XP in VM Ware,
plugged in the iPhone, launched PdaNet on the iPhone, launched the little helper-app
from the XP status-bar tray - done. Since the iPhone was connected to the home network,
I got DSL speeds although I have the original iPhone. So the Starbucks idea would certainly work.

I've been tethering since Aug. '07, and have memorized the various methods.
All of them involved many, many steps including static IP addresses, DNS addresses,
proxy server settings, ect - all of which resulted in very erratic and unstable connections
(anyone remember the tip about hitting the return key again and again in rapid succession?) 🙄

I hope you guys appreciate how good you have it these days!

I wish PdaNet was less expensive - I'd be all over it if it was $20 (especially if I had 3G phone).
 
Walking Denial of Service

Gentlemen. This utility has proven to be quite a pest at our workplace. This utility hands out DHCP leases over the wireless network. By doing so it has inadvertently turned user's personal iPhones into denial of service appliances. Here's how it works:

Someone's iPhone with this utility installed wakes up. It detects a request for an IP address over broadcast address 255.255.255.255. It responds with an offer 169.254.111.112 or higher. The client accepts the address. The client is disconnected from the corporate LAN.

IT guy sees there is a rogue DHCP server running so he goes to ping it. He gets no response. (The iPhone went to sleep!) IT guy pulls his hair out trying to chase ghosts for several days until stumbling upon a self-assigned IT pro who goes by the title of Common Employee bragging about how he just got his iPhone to act as a wireless router for his laptop. REAL IT guy puts 2+2*73/496 together and realizes this might be the culprit.

REAL IT guy googles the IP address and discovers this post, which leads him to check the MAC address of wannabe IT guy's iPhone and finds it matches the MAC address of the rogue DHCP server.

The DHCP part of this utility should be configured to ONLY respond to DHCP requests on the SUBNET broadcast address which would be 169.254.111.255 (assuming a class C network). That would prevent it from responding to global DHCP requests eventually leading employee who goes by the title of THE BOSS to wonder what the heck REAL IT guy gets paid so much for when his network is so unreliable.

Just a heads up.
 
slylabs13 said:
Gentlemen. This utility has proven to be quite a pest at our workplace. This utility hands out DHCP leases over the wireless network. By doing so it has inadvertently turned user's personal iPhones into denial of service appliances. Here's how it works:

Someone's iPhone with this utility installed wakes up. It detects a request for an IP address over broadcast address 255.255.255.255. It responds with an offer 169.254.111.112 or higher. The client accepts the address. The client is disconnected from the corporate LAN.

IT guy sees there is a rogue DHCP server running so he goes to ping it. He gets no response. (The iPhone went to sleep!) IT guy pulls his hair out trying to chase ghosts for several days until stumbling upon a self-assigned IT pro who goes by the title of Common Employee bragging about how he just got his iPhone to act as a wireless router for his laptop. REAL IT guy puts 2+2*73/496 together and realizes this might be the culprit.

REAL IT guy googles the IP address and discovers this post, which leads him to check the MAC address of wannabe IT guy's iPhone and finds it matches the MAC address of the rogue DHCP server.

The DHCP part of this utility should be configured to ONLY respond to DHCP requests on the SUBNET broadcast address which would be 169.254.111.255 (assuming a class C network). That would prevent it from responding to global DHCP requests eventually leading employee who goes by the title of THE BOSS to wonder what the heck REAL IT guy gets paid so much for when his network is so unreliable.

Just a heads up.
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Mind dumbing this down for us retards? 🙁
 
CocoaPuffs said:
Shouldn't apply to most of us retards. He's saying the default setting on PDAnet is disrupting the corporate wireless setup.
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Ah thank you.

Question re: USB tethering via XP...

On my mac would I have to use XP via boot camp to use the usb tethering or would it be possible using just XP through parallels?
 
Is there anyway to use PdaNet without installing the full iTunes on Windows? Is there say, just a package to install the necessary drivers/files?
 
Can you use this PDANET program to tether and use it at the same time to sync the iPhone with iTunes? Any complications there?
 
rednano74 said:
Can you use this PDANET program to tether and use it at the same time to sync the iPhone with iTunes? Any complications there?
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In relation to this question, do I need to have my iPhone registered with the installed iTunes on the computer?

The reason I ask is that I sync my iPhone exclusively with my desktop computer at home and do not even have iTunes installed on my laptop. Does iTunes just need to be installed to recognize the phone or do I have to register the iTunes on my laptop with my phone?

Also, just to make sure (obvious question), the iPhone acts as a proxy and so there is no worry about my cell phone company (Rogers in Canada) charging me? (I have the 6GB plan)

Thanks so much! Program seems sweet so far (testing it atm)
 
For tethering via a USB cable on windows yes you need iTunes 8 installed. Not because you need to synch the phone, you need it for PDAnet desktop. It appears the desktop app uses some iTunes files to link the phone to the desktop. The other logical answer is no, you can't synch and USB tether at the same time though I have never tried. If you are against installing iTunes you can always tether via ad-hoc. Hope this helps. Don't forget, by installing iTunes of does not mean you have to synch anything. Just make sure to uncheck automatic synching.
 
How does PDA net work with USB without even starting the program. I just reboot and start PDAnet desktop and it connects and works perfectly. Is there a bootup sequence that PDAnet runs? Is it even required?

Has any one tried running PDAnet desktop without PDAnet installed?
 
lavrishevo said:
Tethering has been available for a long while now. PdaNet on the iPhone has not, but I was tethering over a year ago on the first generation. I honestly use it mostly for minor downloading, and in places where I can't get wifi. Works excellent. Not the ideal solution for major downloading but believe me the cap of 5 GB a month is on those who pay the extra $60.00 for a net card. I'm sure as heck not going to pay $30.00 bucks a month extra for a tethering solution through iTunes if AT&T comes out with a plan. It's not going to be free that's fire sure.
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So basically, the rules don't apply to you (hint: it is against the user agreement to tether) so instead of abiding by the terms, you are going to clog up our already overpacked 3G networks making us all slow down.

Thanks.
🙄

Do you steal cable too if you find it to be too expensive as well?

I'm glad the new ATT profiling software that is going to be turned on with their new iPhone tethering, is going to be able to wack cheapskate bandwidth thieves off the network.
 
plumbingandtech said:
I'm glad the new ATT profiling software that is going to be turned on with their new iPhone tethering, is going to be able to wack cheapskate bandwidth thieves off the network.
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plumbingandtech, can you please refrain from such comments. This is a constructive discussion and comments such as what you've made does not help the cause or solve anyone's problem.

Now back to the discussion, I seriously doubt that there will be any blockage to the Tethering solution as PDAnet and the other current solutions use the iphone's internet as a pass through. Secondly, the percentage of users who have jail broken their i Phones is below 2 which is negligible.
 
Another UK poster here, wondering if anyone's got this to work with o2 in the UK yet. I'm very close to buying 2 iPhones this week - one for me and one for m'better half.
 
navigates said:
plumbingandtech, can you please refrain from such comments. This is a constructive discussion and comments such as what you've made does not help the cause or solve anyone's problem.
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I agree 100% Usually those who attack others have serious problems with insecurity. As far as ethics go, I don't steal anything. I pay AT&T almost $300.00 a month for six cell phones for my whole family. Two have "unlimited data" which I never even come close to the supposed 5GB cap. By me getting online and surfing a bit, when I am away from home or highspeed connection and downloading a few updates or whatever business needs I take care of causes some to flip their lid... so be it. It is no sweat off my brow. Nontheless, God bless you and I do hope you are more kind to people in the future.
 
lavrishevo said:
I pay AT&T almost $300.00 a month for six cell phones for my whole family. Two have "unlimited data" which I never even come close to the supposed 5GB cap. By me getting online and surfing a bit, when I am away from home or highspeed connection and downloading a few updates or whatever business needs I take care of causes some to flip their lid...
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Just think about Pandora, AOL Radio and all of the official apps that suck down data! I know people that use iPhone Pandora for hours a day in their car!
 
Sparky9292 said:
Just think about Pandora, AOL Radio and all of the official apps that suck down data! I know people that use iPhone Pandora for hours a day in their car!
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I use Last.fm, Pandora and fstream for mms streams 4 times a week for about 3 hours, one way, so its 3*2*4 equates about 24 but in all reality its about 20 hours a week. I've touched 5.5 gb of usage and no warning yet. I hardly tether but I surely do that too.
 
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